Pats are tops in Week 3

What an interesting week!  Three games were super close, each decided by only six points or less, five teams were within 8 points of tying the high score, and the high score itself tied the record for the lowest High Score of all time.  Also, the lone undefeated team and the lone winless team still remain!

Congratulations this week go to Joe’s Pats, who as mentioned above, tied the record for the lowest Weekly High Score Prize in Sacred Sundays’ history.  Back in Week 3 of 2008, three teams maxed out at 88 points to tie for the high score, but this time, Joe did it all by himself.  He got massive production from Matt Ryan and Julio Jones on Thursday night, with those two combining for 54 points or 62% of his total.  Add in 14 points from his other receiver (E. Sanders), and Joe practically won the high score with only three players.  Gotta love that shit!  Well done sir!!

Now, after three weeks one thing has been consistent with the Weekly High Score winners…Vandelay Industries has been involved in the game every single time.  In Week 1, Louis started the year right by claiming the high score, then in Week 2 he was victim to the Coors Light Drunk Guys’ 110 points, and now this week he falls to Joe’s 88 points.  Amazingly, Vandelay Industries is the highest scoring team through three weeks (295 points), yet have a record of 1-2.  Meanwhile, American BadAss is 9^th in scoring yet sits at 3-0.  Just goes to show how much of a factor scheduling plays.  Also, with Vandelay seeming to bring out the best in teams, Sofa King Mediocre has to be licking their chops for Week 4!

Let’s get on with this…

BIG TIME BABY!

-Andrew Luck, QB – Vandelay Industries – 34 pts – Luck is playing like the quarterback that used to wear a horseshoe on his helmet.  He carved up the Jaguars (as you should) for 370 yards and 4 touchdowns!  Luck leads all fantasy scorers this year with 80 points so far.

-Julio Jones, WR – Joe’s Pats – 31 pts – The Falcons pulled their starters when they were up 49-0 midway through the third quarter.  So Julio did all of this in pretty much the first half of the game…161 yards and 2 TDs.

-Kirk Cousins, QB – Free Agent – 30 pts – RGIII probably isn’t going to be the starter for the Redskins when (if?) he returns.  Cousins actually looks pretty good.

-Rashad Jennings, RB – American BadAss – 26 pts – Highest scoring runningback for the week is Rashad Jennings from the Giants?  This is a strange season…

-Nick Foles, QB – Midnight Maulers – 26 pts – Any time a QB can toss for 325 yards, 3 touchdowns and zero interceptions it’s a pretty good day.

COME ON MAN…

-Larry Fitzgerald, WR – American BadAss – 1 pt – Larry only has 10 catches for 107 yards with zero touchdowns so far this year.

-Montee Ball, RB – sprouts – 1 pt – Lost a fumble to go with only 38 yards rushing.

-Zach Ertz, TE – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 1 pt – Eagles score 37 points, but Ertz only manages two catches for 14 yards.  Dang…

-Frank Gore, RB – Midnight Maulers – 1 pt – Gore had 6 attempts for only 10 yards against the Cardinals.  He said he was too mad to speak to reporters after the game.  Too mad, or too embarrassed? 

-Antonio Gates, TE – Joe’s Pats – 0 pts – One week after singing his praises he goes out and catches one stupid pass for 8 stupid yards.  Come on Antonio..

-Carolina, DEF – Vandelay Industries – 0 pts – One sack and 37 points allowed.  Just not good.

-Brandon Marshall, WR – Midnight Maulers – 0 pts – If you are hurt, don’t play.  Because if you play, we expect you to do more than 1 catch for 6 yards.  WTF!?

THE BALLAD OF THE ALL-UNWANTEDS

Time to check in on the All-Unwanteds for Week 3.  In Week 2, Mark Ingram-RB-NO, got hurt, so he was replaced this week by Isaiah Crowell-CLE.  Here is how the team scored:

QB - Jake Locker Ten          8

RB - Isaiah Crowell Cle       11

RB - Chris Ivory NYJ            9

WR - Allen Hurns Jax           12

WR - Steve Smith Sr. Bal      10

TE - Dwayne Allen Ind        10

K - Matt Bryant Atl           8

DEF - Minnesota Min           6

TOTAL             74

The average score this week was 79, so this one goes down as another loss for these guys.  Record now stands at 1-2, with 270 points scored on the season.

HOSPITAL WARD

Only three weeks in, and it seems like we are dealing with massive amounts of players not playing.  Of course we all know about Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Josh Gordon and Wes Welker being suspended and not playing, but check out this list of marquee players currently on the injury list, who are all listed as questionable or worse:

Jamaal Charles – ankle

Vincent Jackson – knee

Alshon Jeffery – hamstring

Jordan Cameron – shoulder

Arian Foster – hamstring

Dez Bryant – shoulder

Roddy White – hamstring

Doug Martin – knee

Brandon Marshall – ankle

Vernon Davis – ankle, knee

Knowshon Moreno – elbow

LeSean McCoy – vagina

Ryan Mathews – knee

Robert Griffin III – ankle

Maurice Jones-Drew – hand

Matt Cassel – foot

And this is only a small sampling of the long list of players with some form of an ailment.  Again, after only three weeks!  Geez…

BEST BENCH

No repeat Best Bench winners so far this season, and actually this week there were not many points left on the bench.  This week’s crown, though, goes to… sprouts!  Russ could have improved his point total by 25 with only two roster swaps:  D. Jackson for R. Cobb +15, and S. Jackson for M. Ball +10.

Week 4 coming up, and it is the first week with byes.  Six teams are on byes this week, so make sure you double check your rosters!  And we are only two weeks away from my Playoff Predictions!!